Suriname Population (LIVE)

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Suriname Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Suriname is 638,319 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Suriname 2025 population is estimated at 639,850 people at mid-year.
  • Suriname population is equivalent to 0.0078% of the total world population.
  • Suriname ranks number 169 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Suriname is 4 per Km² (11 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 156,000 Km² (60,232 sq. miles).
  • 62.43% of the population is urban (399,428 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Suriname is 28.6 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Suriname (2025 and historical)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Suriname
Global
Rank
2025 639,850 0.85% 5,419 −967 28.6 2.21 4 62.4% 399,428 0.0078% 8,231,613,070 169
2024 634,431 0.88% 5,545 −1,166 28.4 2.23 4 62.4% 395,944 0.0078% 8,161,972,572 170
2023 628,886 0.92% 5,722 −988 28.1 2.25 4 62.4% 392,476 0.0078% 8,091,734,930 170
2022 623,164 0.88% 5,424 −988 27.9 2.27 4 62.4% 389,026 0.0078% 8,021,407,192 169
2020 612,317 1.03% 6,138 −296 27.5 2.31 4 62.4% 382,175 0.0078% 7,887,001,292 169
2015 581,627 1.13% 6,341 −967 26.5 2.57 4 62.8% 365,427 0.0078% 7,470,491,872 169
2010 549,923 1.15% 6,122 −1,138 25.4 2.69 4 63.5% 349,037 0.0078% 7,021,732,148 168
2005 519,313 1.73% 8,534 −1,534 24.4 2.71 3 64.1% 332,708 0.0079% 6,586,970,132 167
2000 476,643 2.1% 9,407 1,516 23 3.05 3 65.9% 313,876 0.0077% 6,171,702,993 167
1995 429,606 0.82% 3,423 1,275 21 2.9 3 68.2% 293,195 0.0075% 5,758,878,982 167
1990 412,493 1.29% 5,104 −6,471 19.8 3.23 3 64.9% 267,733 0.0077% 5,327,803,110 167
1985 386,972 0.61% 2,319 −3,763 18.7 3.71 2 62.7% 242,695 0.0079% 4,868,943,465 165
1980 375,377 −0.82% −3,159 −7,390 17.3 3.79 2 62.8% 235,660 0.0084% 4,447,606,236 162
1975 391,170 0.61% 2,346 −11,287 15.9 4.63 3 49.8% 194,923 0.0096% 4,070,735,277 161
1970 379,442 3.47% 11,888 3,791 14.5 5.53 2 45% 170,592 0.010% 3,694,683,794 160
1965 320,000 3.93% 11,216 1,657 15.3 6.32 2 48.8% 156,305 0.0096% 3,334,533,703 162
1960 263,918 3.22% 7,745 544 17 6.59 2 51.9% 137,039 0.0088% 3,015,470,894 165
1955 225,195 2.86% 5,926 222 17.5 6.37 1 52.3% 117,726 0.0082% 2,740,213,792 164

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Suriname Population Forecast

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Suriname
Global
Rank
2030 665,652 0.79% 5,160 −963 30.1 2.11 4 62.6% 417,001 0.0078% 8,569,124,911 169
2035 688,191 0.67% 4,508 −888 31.8 2.04 4 63.2% 434,693 0.0077% 8,885,210,181 169
2040 707,160 0.55% 3,794 −629 33.1 1.98 5 63.9% 452,153 0.0077% 9,177,190,203 169
2045 722,756 0.44% 3,119 −612 34.5 1.93 5 64.7% 467,461 0.0077% 9,439,639,668 169
2050 733,904 0.31% 2,230 −684 35.8 1.89 5 65.4% 480,037 0.0076% 9,664,378,587 169

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Suriname Demographics

Life Expectancy
73.9 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
10.5

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
12.2

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


Notes

The Suriname Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Suriname delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Suriname (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.